I'm thinking, Cullens story next chapter? tell me what you think...

Once she had finished eating I handed her the clothes and told her she could change in the bathroom, many of the rooms in this house were unused, I couldn't bear the thought of filling them, Carlisle's office remained as it had been, his and Esme's room much the same. Alice and Jaspers room still was full of discarded pieces of paper, sketches and battle plans, Emmett and Rosalie's room was empty. None of the former occupants would ever come back, they hadn't been in there for years yet their scent lingered, and tore at my memory every time I went up there, so I just stopped going.

When Bella had came back down she had dressed herself in a deep blue buttoned blouse and faded jeans, the blue curved around her shoulders, and her collarbone was exposed, the white of her skin and the darkness of her hair contrasted with the blue and the effect was stunning.

"That colour blue looks lovely with your skin,"

She still shuffled around, on edge, her head bowed low.

When I walked up to her she smiled at me, that smile would propel my heart right out of my chest if it were still beating, her eyes connected with mine and I got lost again in her chocolate.

"Why are your eyes golden?" her voice was quite, but she sounded as if she were in awe, I quickly remembered that the only eyes she had looked in for years were the fierce scarlet of her captor,

"I have a different...hunting pattern than normal vampires," she looked at me through her lashes, and her eyebrows knitted together, I wanted to smooth the lines with my fingertips, to relax her face.

"what does that mean?" she tilted her head to the side slightly, I sighed, gesturing for her to sit down, she complied and I sat next to her, leaning my elbows on my knees.

"James and the others of my kind, hunt and kill humans, it's the natural course for us, but myself and another family that I know, we hunt animal instead," I glanced in her direction, she seemed to understand.

"Why?"

"I don't want to be a monster, Bella." I said it as if the notion was painfully obvious, although I knew my way of life was strange.

"I guess that makes sense." She smiled at me again, I retuned it.

I began asking her questions, I couldn't help myself.

She told me that she liked to read, that when James left her in his apartment she would find old books that belonged to the previous owner. She told me the little things she remembered before she was taken, she regaled me with the sound of the birds she would hear at night when he left her alone, the things she had found, the things she had hidden from him, like the books. The way her lips would move when she recounted passages in stories I almost knew by heart made me feel strange, like I wanted to touch them. I imagined what her lips would feel like, soft, warm against mine.

I stopped myself there, I would not put her in that kind of danger, no matter what I may feel for her, I wasn't even sure what I felt for her, but I knew it was beyond protectiveness, I wanted to never be without this girl.

The conversation was one sided to start with, just like before in the kitchen, but then she started asking me questions, she asked me about my life, or lack thereof, I tried to keep it honest, just looking into her eyes would temporarily blind me into blurting out whatever she wanted to know. I only gave her half lies when she asked me if I remembered my sire, I told her I knew him, I lived with him for a while but then we parted. I didn't give her details of the rest of them, more afraid that the story itself would break me.

The things she would say would be innocent enough, but she would throw a few deadly questions at me,

"Have you always hunted animals?"

I wasn't sure if I should lie or tell her the truth, which would be safer for her peace of mind? I decided to go with the truth,

"Not always, when I was younger I hunted humans, but I'm long past that urge," I smiled at her trying to diffuse the tiny minefield that question could bring up. Would she leave? I had given her the option, I had told her she wasn't mine to keep against her will, but I was terrified at the thought.

She smiled back at me and continued on with her interrogation, I was beyond relieved that subject never came up again. The room started to darken and her stomach grumbled, I laughed at myself, I had forgotten that she had to eat more frequently than myself, I silently stood, and reached out my hand for hers, she hesitated but took it, and I led her into the kitchen.

She yawned when she had finished her food and I grabbed the pillows and blankets that I had bought earlier; I made the sofa at least look like a bed, she climbed in between the sheets, commenting on how soft they were, before falling asleep amongst the silk.

She slept more soundly this time, she turned and tossed, but she didn't cry out, that I was thankful for.

I watched her, part of me waiting for the torment, the other part hoping it would never come,

"Edward..."

"it's okay Bella I'm here, go back to sleep,"

"Edward," she mumbled my name again and turned over, her body facing the ceiling, I was about to shush her again when I noticed.

She was asleep, she was asleep and she was dreaming of me. Her face looked relaxed and she sighed, rolling over again to curl up into a ball.

To say I had the breath knocked out of me was an understatement, I truly hadn't realised I was holding it in, I sat there across from her, mere feet away from this creature of pure beauty and she was dreaming of me. I let out my air and dragged another one in. I cursed myself when the venom pooled in my mouth and my throat burned, I wasn't used to having a human in close proximity before, and it was only now that I realised how much she had saturated my home with her scent. I needed to hunt; I needed to get these desires out of my system before she woke.

ok so this was sort of a filler chapter...it still had substance... :) ... can I just say, no matter how cliché it is, thankies for the reveiws and stuff...I seriously smile hugely when I get one, they are so awesome...

oh and the next chapter will be up later today....hehe